Will Smith’s ex-pal Bilaal Salaam wants actor to testify in $3M lawsuit against wife Jada Pinkett

Will Smith’s erstwhile pal is seeking nan actor’s grounds against his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, successful a $3 cardinal suit revenge successful November 2025.

Bilaal Salaam, who alleged Jada confronted and threatened him astatine Will’s day statement successful September 2021, requested via an email connected July 7 that a judge require nan character to participate successful a deposition, according to ineligible documents obtained by Page Six.

Jada’s ineligible squad responded, stating that “there is thing to meet and confer about” because nan “Men successful Black” prima “is not a statement to this litigation” and has not formally been served a subpoena.

“To nan grade you activity his deposition, you must comply pinch nan applicable procedures for obtaining find from a nonparty,” nan email stated.

Jada’s squad has besides claimed that Salaam, who is representing himself successful nan ineligible battle, hasn’t provided grounds to backmost up his allegations and requested that nan second beryllium required to taxable impervious of aesculapian records that he suffered affectional distress arsenic a consequence of nan alleged threat.

Additionally, nan attorneys are asking for nan alleged recorded communications Salaam is claiming to person pinch those who were progressive erstwhile Jada allegedly threatened him.

While Salaam’s petition to spell to proceedings was denied, he and nan “Girls Trip” prima person a scheduled proceeding for Aug. 19.

Reps for Jada, 54, and Will, 57, weren’t instantly disposable to Page Six for comment.

Salaam, who branded himself arsenic Will’s “best friend for astir 40 years,” alleged that Jada approached him pinch an entourage while astatine nan Regency Calabasas Common connected Sept. 25, 2021.

At nan time, they were attending Will’s day statement erstwhile Salaam claimed that Jada “became verbally aggressive, and threatened [him] by stating that if he continued ‘telling her individual business,’ he would ‘end up missing aliases drawback a bullet,’ and demanded he motion a non-disclosure statement (NDA) ‘or else,’” per nan lawsuit.

According to nan filing obtained by Page Six, Salaam alleged that nan character continued to frighten him arsenic he walked to his car.

Salaam besides alleged that he dealt pinch “a retaliatory campaign” aft he didn’t thief pinch situation guidance aft Will notoriously slapped Chris Rock astatine nan 2022 Oscars for poking nosy astatine Jada.

Jada addressed nan allegations successful February, slamming nan claims arsenic “false, uncorroborated, and made to make attraction arsenic portion of an ongoing nationalist run of harassment directed at” herself and family.

The erstwhile “Red Table Talk” big besides stated that Salaam had a “fixation” connected her family and had not mentioned nan latter’s sanction erstwhile nan alleged incident occurred successful 2021.

Additionally, she requested that Salaam cover her $49,000 successful ineligible fees arsenic nan litigation continues.